Vignesh Balaji Jayaraman
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Talented Planner with experience leading large-scale infrastructure projects within cost, quality and timeframe objectives. Confident and articulate to communicate technical updates to diverse audiences. Calm and productive under pressure to maintain team performance.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work history
Senior Lead - Implementation
Qiddiya Investment Company
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2025.04 - Current
- Directed planning and development of Districts 2 & 3, mixed-use residential project (729 hectares, $11 billion) with 17,000 homes and diverse commercial, recreational, and social assets.
- Reviewed dry & wet utility productivity to ensure timelines assessment for land development.
- Instrumental in identifying critical path of program and ensured that those deadlines are met with by conducting bi weekly catch-ups to record progress.
- Ensured that program always stayed up to date by adding / deleting / amending information in development environment thereby providing meaningful information to all critical stakeholders.
- Led team of 10 planners while working alongside with them using P6 EPPM to manage asset and land development activities, ensuring portfolio-wide consistency and efficiency.
- Ensured optimum use of P6 codes to help reporting team provide meaningful reports and consolidated data into Gantt charts for executive management review, endorsement and submission.
- Proactively flagged potential delays, phase land development with logical sequencing, and ensured early mobilization of asset teams.
- Aligned program requirements with Stage Gate revisions, prepared planning data for panel reports, and updated cost plans as needed.
- Conducted cashflow scenario planning and ensured consistent monthly reporting across all project aspects.
Planner
WSP
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2023.09 - 2025.04
- Reviewed Baseline schedule submitted by contractor
- Reviewed Weekly and Monthly Progress reports submitted by contractor
- Established Power BI dashboard and updating it on weekly basis and cascade information to management for decision making
- Performed tender schedules preparation to support management in winning new projects
- Assessed delay in project and advise mitigation measures to catch up with plan
- Assessed client instigated changes in project after award and analyze impact it creates in completion date of milestone
- Reviewed extension of time submitted by contractor and analyze claims done and provide PMCM findings.
- Analysed xer files weekly report submitted by contractor and co relate percentages of pre construction with Aconex to ascertain credibility of progress considered by contractor
- Visited sites on weekly basis to fact check physical progress claimed by contractor on xer submissions done along with weekly reports.
Planning Engineer
WSP International Inc
Muscat, Oman
2019.01 - 2023.08
- Provided PMC services to Mazoon Electricity Corporation for successfully executing major and extension electrical projects within stipulated budget and timeline
- Reviewed and approved baseline project execution programs submitted by contractors
- Reviewed and approved revised/recovery programs submitted by contractors to mitigate delays encountered in project
- Presided & conducted internal kick off meeting for newly awarded projects
- Presided & conducted contractor's management review meeting to review ongoing major projects' progress
- Prepared Minutes of Meeting for kick-off & contractor's meeting & got it signed from stakeholders for records upkeep
- Monitored free issue materials' request & movement from suppliers to contractors
- Prepared and consolidated data from various departments for Board Executive Committee Meeting Review
- Finalized Project Closeout Appraisal Document (PCAD)
- Prepared workload assessment chart
- Consolidated information in annual report draft and portrayed achievements by company during previous year
- Co-ordinated in utilizing cut pieces available within MZEC stores for upcoming projects
- Prepared budget to submit budget request for upcoming year
- Performed NIMS status reporting of projects and uploaded XML for updating management team about project progress on portfolio level
- Monitored variation order status on monthly basis and updated team for timely approvals without any delay
- Updated status of Price Control projects on monthly basis to appraise management on status of all planned and awarded projects
- Supported WSP Internal management in bid working, proposal consolidation & submission to client
- Implemented project control processes and strategically scheduled changes (if necessary) to raise standards continuously.
- Supported on-time project delivery by advancing, updating and overseeing construction programme in Primavera P6.
Cost Control Engineer
Granite Construction Company
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2016.01 - 2019.01
- Reviewed subcontractor invoices before booking of cost
- Monitored material movement between sites and booking in ERP through transfer orders/receipts for proper cost booking in appropriate site
- Monitored PMV movement (both external and internal) between sites, Stoppage of hire in case of return and booked cost to appropriate jobs
- Approved Material / PMV request in ERP from Cost Control role based on provision available
- Conducted Fuel Stock Transfer in ERP based on excel provided by site on monthly basis
- Revised PO upon PO limit completion based on budget availability
- Certified payment for PMV tariff vehicles including log sheet certification in Cost Control role
- Booked Camp food & accommodation prices to respective projects on a monthly basis
- Assisted store keepers/time keepers in process of SMTR / SMTO, HSIV / HSRV
- Created new projects with all available information in ERP
- Created new users and mapped them to projects and roles
- Provided access to roles & reports based on user role
- Uploaded time sheets on monthly basis in ERP based on input from site time keeper and appraised for any discrepancies before finalization
- Prepared Prolongation cost workout based on actual cost booked in system
- Prepared tender schedules in MSP (Both minor & major tenders)
- Prepared JCR as per management cut off monthly/quarterly etc.
Senior Planning Engineer
Larsen & Toubro limited
Doha, Qatar
2014.01 - 2016.01
- Understood scope of works and accordingly prepared project baseline schedule with detailed activities
- Generated daily/weekly and monthly progress reports
- Monitored and controlled progress of project by periodically updating approved baseline program, generation of resource histograms, Earned Value Curve, SPI, CPI & PPI analysis
- Understood variances and reported to concerned project focal point for action/recovery
- Prepared revised schedule when there is high variance and slippage of targets
- Monitored two week look ahead schedule by site team and reported variances if any
- Prepared technical and contractual correspondences to client/consultant
- Co-ordinated with site team for generation of progress measurement sheet certification and got it certified by consultant/client for generation of monthly progress invoices without any delay
- Notified delays caused by third party/stakeholders involved to create records for Extension of Time claims
- Prepared extension of time claim in Primavera with delay history notifications provided to client
- Prepared RFQ to potential sub-contractors and comparison statement generation with respect to quotes received and accepted provision for work to be done
- Generated system generated work order in ERP based on management approval
Education
Chartered Member (MRICS) - Project Management
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
United Kingdom 2025.05 -
Planning & Scheduling Professional - Planning
American Association of Cost Engineering
United States of America 2016.07 -
Project Management Professional (PMP) - PMP
Project Management Institute
United States of America 2020.01 -
IOSH Managing Safely course - HSE
Occupational Safety And Health
United Kingdom 2023.03 -
Advanced Construction Management - Construction Management
National Ins. of Construction Mgmt. And Research
Pune, India 2012.04 - 2014.04
B.Tech - Civil Engineering
Sastra University
Thanjavur, India 2008.06 - 2012.03
Skills
- Schedule management
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Power BI - Dashboard preparation by integrating P6 & BI
- Primavera P6 schedule prepare & review
- Problem solving
- Exceptional communicator
Languages
English
Fluent
Tamil
Native
Hindi
Fluent
References
Mr. Justin Hardie
Associate Director - Qiddiya
+966-59-7662454 / justin.hardie@qiddiya.com
Mr. Ravisanker Pillar
Planning & Forensic Claims Manager - WSP Riyadh
+966-53-5319717 / ravisankar.pillai@wsp.com
Timeline
Chartered Member (MRICS) - Project Management
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
2025.05 -
Senior Lead - Implementation
Qiddiya Investment Company
2025.04 - Current
Planner
WSP
2023.09 - 2025.04
IOSH Managing Safely course - HSE
Occupational Safety And Health
2023.03 -
Project Management Professional (PMP) - PMP
Project Management Institute
2020.01 -
Planning Engineer
WSP International Inc
2019.01 - 2023.08
Planning & Scheduling Professional - Planning
American Association of Cost Engineering
2016.07 -
Cost Control Engineer
Granite Construction Company
2016.01 - 2019.01
Senior Planning Engineer
Larsen & Toubro limited
2014.01 - 2016.01
Advanced Construction Management - Construction Management
National Ins. of Construction Mgmt. And Research
2012.04 - 2014.04
B.Tech - Civil Engineering
Sastra University
2008.06 - 2012.03